YearsAlongTheSea Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Okay, I'm at work at this crack-whore internet cafe and I used to bring my own cd's until a crack-head made off with them; sleep with one eye open. Anyways, I've otherwise gone digital, relatively new to Ottawa, and haven't listened to the radio in a while so.... the question is:What radio stations are good in Ottawa?Thanks ya'll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 http://www.ckcufm.comis Carleton University's station.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Brad's list is complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 I remember the Algonquin College station showing promise, but you pretty much needed to be standing next to their paperclip transmission tower to get any sort of decent reception.Ottawa radio blows the meat missle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 True. They play too many Radiohead songs, and not enough songs by The Slip.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Sanchez Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Don't forget about Magic 100.3. Its your Easy hits at work station. Sounds like you could use a little Celine to lighten up your shifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 True. They play too many Radiohead songs, and not enough songs by The Slip.Aloha,Brad*BA-DUNK* *KSHH* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted May 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 I can't pick any signal up for CKCU....weird, I'm toying with Limewire whether or not my morals agree; it's a quick fix.Maybe off to the archives for me.iPod killed the radio star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 True. They play too many Radiohead songs' date=' and not enough songs by The Slip.Aloha,Brad[/quote']*BA-DUNK* *KSHH*so that's how you spell that.....Coming out of the closet...somewhat.....BobFM dude....late nights at work...nothing like some sweet 80's rock....they play some classic 80's tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 CKCU is at 93.1 FM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThe Owl Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Don't forget CHUO 89.1 (okay, I prefer CKCU, but support community radio!) and both CBC services (Radio 1 is 91.5, Radio 2 is 103.3). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 CKCU had a much-hyped Desmond Dekker tribute last night... They played The Israelites and screwed up the day he died and his age. The 'tribute' lasted about 4 minutes.I reallllllly like the campus and community radio shows where people take it seriously and professionally. Too often though it's amateur hour. Which is an apt name, I know, but at least try to make it sound good.AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted June 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Too often though it's amateur hour. Which is an apt name, I know, but at least try to make it sound good.ADMaybe because amatuers are running the show?Just a thought. You get what you pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Too often though it's amateur hour. Which is an apt name' date=' I know, but at least try to make it sound good.AD[/quote']Maybe because amatuers are running the show?Just a thought. You get what you pay for.That's exactly what I said.... A little effort is free too though.AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 As an amateur DJ at CKCU, I wholly concur with AD that often the presentation can be a little sub-par. But I've been doing it off and on for 15 years, and it only take a little bit of effort into your preparation to make things sound professional. AD - I recommend you e-mail the person who hosted that show last night with your concerns. I don't know who it was, but you should be able to find the names on the ckcu website/program guide. Constructive criticism is always appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted June 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Nothing comes for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 (edited) Yeha i don't mean to complain about CKCU at all really, i'm used to listening to CBC, and usually the shows I tune in to on CKCU are good, passable, and you can tell the people hosting are competent and passionate. but the ones that really stick out are the awful ones, you know 'dude i got my own radio show!! let's play some tunes and goof off!!'basically my point is coming from there are so many good shows on campus stations that you don't remember them, but when you hear something that sticks out of the crowd because it's awful, that's what is remembered.AD Edited June 2, 2006 by Guest worst. wording. (and grammar). ever. i didn't even try to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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